Running in the Family

As Oekeke awoke, he shifted in his bed with a pain coming from his chest. It wasn’t a pain that made you clench up and scream, he knew from that moment something was very wrong. He tried to open his at last, from when he awoke his eyes were still weary but it seemed as though he was stuck in time. His heart pumped faster and his mind was propelling from left to right to across the back and back. All he could think of was his family, but with such confusion he could hardly focus on the realty of his situation. It was a sensation he’d never felt ever before, and as he saw his life flash by him he knew the only thing he could do was to wait it out. The old man finally grasped control of his life covered in sweat and disorientation. He asked

Interpretation of the quote: “Another task also developed upon me, when I became the instructor of my brother. Ernest was six years younger than myself, and was my principle pupil. He had been afflicted with ill health from his infancy, through which Elizabeth and I had been his constant nurses… William, the youngest of our family, was yet an infant…” (24).

Chapter 6 - “Oh, I do hope he is not ill. He surely would have written. I look at that last letter of his, but somehow it does not satisfy me. It does not read like him, and yet it is his writing. “ PG. 74

In the story Mrs. Dover finds a letter left for her in her abandoned home. It has today’s date, which means someone was in her home recently. Someone who knew Mrs. Dover was making a trip to her home in town, even though she told no one she was coming. The only clue as to who left the letter was the letter K signed at the bottom. At first the reader is only apprehensive about Mrs. Dover staying in her home. It was not until she has a flash back of her childhood that the reader becomes really nervous for

In this letter, a very similar sentiment is conveyed as in her other letters. In this situation, the reader can also see that Mary is curious as to whether or not her brothers are still alive. The local newspaper has reported that one of her family members died in a recent battle. This shows the sentiment of civilians living anxiously on the home front and how they are impacted by news of their loved ones. Moreover, Mary also states that she waits for her husband to return every night until she cannot stay awake anymore, showing the extent of her emotions, even if her words do not convey them.

14. -17. Explain the four perspectives of how the letter came to be on Dimmesdale’s chest.

The letter from Richard Frethorne to his parents, shows the terrible condition the English settlers were in during the early settlement of Virginia. Every settler was dying of a disease as well as starvation. Even strong young men like Frethrone had nothing to eat but pease and lobollie. The further I read the letter, the more desperate the writer wanted his parents or at least for them to send him supplies. By the second letter, he admits that he did not know that his eyes could hold so much water. Not only is Frethrone slowly dying but he is like everyone else in constant fear that of the natives attacking. I found the letter very interesting, because not only was a personal account but it also the writer's loneliness, desperation and strong desire to be in England. Even though Frethrone is dying he still remembers his family and wishes them good health as his slowly deterates.

On 12/ 08/16 M. Bromfield emailed L. Freeman  with the travel letter enclosed.  This was need for the Clines to take Georga on vacation out of state. M. Bromfield also was looking to schedule a VICAP.  L. Freeman replied after getting in touch with the Cline family to let M. Bromfield know that K. Cline  would be out of the country on that entire week. D. Cline would be able to attend over the phone.

"He was carrying a suitcase with clothing in order to stay and another just like it with almost two thousand letters that she has written him they were arranged by date in bundles tied with colored ribbons, and they were all unopened."

Florence Pennington sat silently as teardrops gathered in the corners of her eyes, she began collecting her thoughts as she prepared to write the letter she has been fearing for so long. She knew the day would come that she would have to write Ellie Sue a letter to explain the history of her life and how she has become the woman she is today, because of her declining health she knew she would not be able to share this with her in person. She wanted her to know their history and how she ached to be united with her again. Florence, an appreciative woman with matured brown crinkly skin, rough hands that insinuate the hardships she endured working the fields picking cotton, and sorrowful eyes that reflect fatigue. She has suffered immense changes

After a little while, I pulled the velvet bell cord that was behind me to summon a secretary, I told her to tell the Assistant Secretary of State Frederick Seward to call a Cabinet meeting at 11:00am. As I was reading the newspaper, Mary said that she had some extra tickets for Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre that we were going to go

The following paragraph is from Liane Moriarty’s novel, The Husband’s Secret, Cecilia has opened a letter that she found in the attic addressed to her, to be opened in the event of her husband John-Paul’s death. The letter was written when their daughter was born and contained a confession from John-Paul; he murdered Janie Crowley when he was seventeen years old. John-Paul is telling Cecilia about the events that lead to him strangling Janie and the ways he has punished himself since then.

““Why especially that letter?” “Because I’ve noticed […] it seems to have some strange effect on you”” (770) a. Charlotte has been paying attention to the letters as they come, she notes his odd behaviors i. Charlotte is observant, and pays attention because she is compassionate ii. Charlotte does not want Kenneth to be upset by outside factors iii. When Kenneth admits that the handwriting is that of a woman, Charlotte presses him to reveal more 1. Kenneth gets defensive, yet remains calm and

the end of the novel the mystery is revealed in a letter sent from Dr.

R. Hibbard in his single-volume edition translates the four letters into a stage direction: "He gives a long sigh and dies."6 This seems to me rather too specific, but at least the editor recognises that the editors of the First Folio knew what they were doing.